“Takfiri Islam” and “laicisst Islam” are two paradigms that have been, and will be, put forth by the west in an effort to prevent the strengthening of the paradigm of “moderate and rational principlist Islam” among the regional revolutions. Redefine your terms in a careful way.

If being democratic means being populist and holding free elections within the framework of the principles of the revolutions, all of you can be democrats, but if it means falling into the trap of second-rate and simulated liberal democracy, none of you should become democrats.

If Salafism means principlism regarding the Book and Sunnah, commitment to the original values, fighting superstitions and deviations, reviving sharia and rejecting westoxication, then all of you can be Salafi, but if it is interpreted as prejudice, rigidity and violence among Islamic denominations and different faiths, it will not be compatible with the progressiveness and rationality that form the foundation of Islamic thought and civilization, and it will help promote secularism and irreligion.

Be suspicious of the kind of Islam that is favorable to Washington, London and Paris, be it laïcist and westernized or rigid and violent. Do not trust the kind of Islam that tolerates the Zionist regime but confronts Islamic denominations in a brutal way, the kind of Islam that extends a hand of peace and friendship to America and NATO but fans the flames of domestic sectarian and tribal conflicts, the kind of Islam that is cruel to believers and compassionate towards unbelievers.

Be suspicious of American and English Islam because it will lure you into the trap of western capitalism, consumerism and moral decline. In the past centuries, both outstanding personalities and rulers felt proud of increased dependence on France, England, America and the Soviet Union, and they used to run away from Islamic symbols. But today everything has completely changed. You should know that the West will seek revenge, economically, militarily and politically.

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